Editing Al Coby

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| subject_name   =Al Coby
| image_name     =AlCoby.jpg
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| date_of_birth  =[[January 23]], [[1948]]
| place_of_birth =Muskogee, Oklahoma
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| occupation     =[[Pensacola City Manager]]
| religion       =
| spouse         =Irma McCain-Coby
| parents        =
| children       =''One son''
}}
'''Alvin Gerald Coby''' is the current [[Pensacola City Manager|City Manager]] of the [[City of Pensacola]], serving in an interim capacity since [[August 8]], [[2008]], until such time a permanent City Manager is named.

==Early life and education==
Coby is a native of Muskogee, Oklahoma.  He has received a Bachelor of Science degree in Geography from the University of Missouri, and has completed graduate work in Public Administration from the [[University of West Florida]].

==Career==
Coby served in the United States Marine Corps from [[1971]]-[[1982]].  He first came to Pensacola for flight training in [[1971]].  He returned to become a flight instructor in [[1978]], and after retiring from the Marine Corps in [[1982]] decided to remain in Pensacola.

Coby has worked for the City of Pensacola since 1984, when he was hired as director of the Community Redevelopment Agency.  In [[1987]] he became an assistant city manager and continued in that role until [[August 8]], [[2008]], at which time the previous City Manager, [[Tom Bonfield]], vacated the position.  The [[Pensacola City Council]] voted unanimously to appoint Coby to the interim post, which he will likely occupy for a minimum of eight months, and possibly considerably longer, as Council has expressed the desire for Coby to remain in the post at least until the end of the [[Charter Review Commission]] process.

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